Larissa Lewis, MPH, RN, CIC
@larissal.bsky.social
Nurse, infection preventionist
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At the federal level, the lack of a recommendation further erodes trust in ACIP & our federal institutions. When patients get mixed messages from institutions that were once trusted, it creates uncertainty & fear without context, which is the main problem.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
September 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
At the federal level, the lack of a recommendation further erodes trust in ACIP & our federal institutions. When patients get mixed messages from institutions that were once trusted, it creates uncertainty & fear without context, which is the main problem.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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CDC has released its manifesto… oops I meant mission statement. Seems to be written by people who don’t talk to experts. I wonder what shareholder engagement they did before posting this document? Seems to be written by people who do not know know what CDC actually does? cdc.gov/about/cdc/inde…
https://cdc.gov/about/cdc/inde…
September 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
CDC has released its manifesto… oops I meant mission statement. Seems to be written by people who don’t talk to experts. I wonder what shareholder engagement they did before posting this document? Seems to be written by people who do not know know what CDC actually does? cdc.gov/about/cdc/inde…
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Trump's militarized immigration enforcement is increasing health and safety hazards for immigrant workers: more violations, more injuries and fewer OSHA complaints.
The remedy: a union
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
The remedy: a union
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
Immigration Enforcement Undermines Worker Health and Safety - Confined Space
Trump's immigration policy is raising workplace hazards for Hispanic workers, and reducing complaints. But belonging to a union helps workers
jordanbarab.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Trump's militarized immigration enforcement is increasing health and safety hazards for immigrant workers: more violations, more injuries and fewer OSHA complaints.
The remedy: a union
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
The remedy: a union
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
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🚨BREAKING: IDSA, along with AAP, APHA, ACP and others, has filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy to stop unlawful changes to vaccine policy and defend public health.
We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW
We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW
July 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🚨BREAKING: IDSA, along with AAP, APHA, ACP and others, has filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy to stop unlawful changes to vaccine policy and defend public health.
We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW
We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW
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READ THE COMPLAINT: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
READ THE COMPLAINT: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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🚨 STATEMENT RELEASE 🚨
Nurses for America Denounces HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Removal of all 17 Sitting Members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices
Nurses for America Denounces HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Removal of all 17 Sitting Members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices
June 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
🚨 STATEMENT RELEASE 🚨
Nurses for America Denounces HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Removal of all 17 Sitting Members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices
Nurses for America Denounces HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Removal of all 17 Sitting Members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices
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Urge Congress to protect integrity of ACIP
Tell your members of Congress to weigh in
idsociety.quorum.us
June 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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This is fantastic 👏👏👏👏
Over 300 NIH workers have signed a letter to Bhattacharya (the guy who pushed for mass infection during the COVID pandemic) asking him to stop destroying U.S. science & health care
The public can add their name in support (I did that) here:
actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
Over 300 NIH workers have signed a letter to Bhattacharya (the guy who pushed for mass infection during the COVID pandemic) asking him to stop destroying U.S. science & health care
The public can add their name in support (I did that) here:
actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
June 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is fantastic 👏👏👏👏
Over 300 NIH workers have signed a letter to Bhattacharya (the guy who pushed for mass infection during the COVID pandemic) asking him to stop destroying U.S. science & health care
The public can add their name in support (I did that) here:
actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
Over 300 NIH workers have signed a letter to Bhattacharya (the guy who pushed for mass infection during the COVID pandemic) asking him to stop destroying U.S. science & health care
The public can add their name in support (I did that) here:
actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
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I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding.
It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
Medical Research Funding — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
May 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding.
It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
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The impact of the potential federal Medicaid cuts wouldn’t stop at #Medicaid patients—it would ripple across whole communities.
📉 15.9M people would lose Medicaid
💸 $33.7B in hospital revenue would vanish
🚑 Uncompensated care would rise 64%
🏥 Hospital operating income could drop 20% overall
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📉 15.9M people would lose Medicaid
💸 $33.7B in hospital revenue would vanish
🚑 Uncompensated care would rise 64%
🏥 Hospital operating income could drop 20% overall
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Federal Cuts to Medicaid Could End Medicaid Expansion and Affect Hospitals in Nearly Every State
In states that choose to end expanded Medicaid eligibility, fewer covered beneficiaries mean hospitals will see less revenue and lower operating margins.
www.commonwealthfund.org
May 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The impact of the potential federal Medicaid cuts wouldn’t stop at #Medicaid patients—it would ripple across whole communities.
📉 15.9M people would lose Medicaid
💸 $33.7B in hospital revenue would vanish
🚑 Uncompensated care would rise 64%
🏥 Hospital operating income could drop 20% overall
⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
📉 15.9M people would lose Medicaid
💸 $33.7B in hospital revenue would vanish
🚑 Uncompensated care would rise 64%
🏥 Hospital operating income could drop 20% overall
⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
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Friends, as many of you know, I’m a founding member of the public health advocacy organization @defendpublichealth.bsky.social.
Our website is now live. I welcome you to check it out.
I’d like to thank Elevated Third, who did the work for the website pro bono.
www.defendpublichealth.org
Our website is now live. I welcome you to check it out.
I’d like to thank Elevated Third, who did the work for the website pro bono.
www.defendpublichealth.org
Home | Defend Public Health
Defend Public Health is an all-volunteer network of public health researchers, healthcare workers, advocates and allies fighting to protect the health of all.
www.defendpublichealth.org
May 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Friends, as many of you know, I’m a founding member of the public health advocacy organization @defendpublichealth.bsky.social.
Our website is now live. I welcome you to check it out.
I’d like to thank Elevated Third, who did the work for the website pro bono.
www.defendpublichealth.org
Our website is now live. I welcome you to check it out.
I’d like to thank Elevated Third, who did the work for the website pro bono.
www.defendpublichealth.org
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🚨 HHS confirms to Healio that HICPAC was shuttered based on an executive order to eliminate "unnecessary government entities and federal advisory committees that should be terminated on grounds that they are unnecessary."
We're still adding to this. #IDSky #MedSky 👇
www.healio.com/news/infecti...
We're still adding to this. #IDSky #MedSky 👇
www.healio.com/news/infecti...
CDC terminates infection control advisory committee
The CDC has terminated an advisory committee responsible for issuing federal guidance on the prevention and control of health care-associated infections and the spread of antimicrobial resistance, HHS...
www.healio.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🚨 HHS confirms to Healio that HICPAC was shuttered based on an executive order to eliminate "unnecessary government entities and federal advisory committees that should be terminated on grounds that they are unnecessary."
We're still adding to this. #IDSky #MedSky 👇
www.healio.com/news/infecti...
We're still adding to this. #IDSky #MedSky 👇
www.healio.com/news/infecti...
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Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee
Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee
Four members said they were informed of the termination Friday, but it had already taken effect in late March, according to a CDC letter.
www.nbcnews.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee
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With several members receiving termination letters and its webpage archived, #publichealth experts believe the days are numbered for CDC's Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC).
@kristinafiore.bsky.social reports:
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
@kristinafiore.bsky.social reports:
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
CDC Advisory Committee's Days Are Numbered
HICPAC members have received termination notices, webpage is archived
www.medpagetoday.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
With several members receiving termination letters and its webpage archived, #publichealth experts believe the days are numbered for CDC's Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC).
@kristinafiore.bsky.social reports:
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
@kristinafiore.bsky.social reports:
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
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A preliminary budget draft leaked to the Washington Post outlines plans by the Trump administration to cut:
- the NIH budget by 40%
- the CDC budget by 44%
- the HHS budget by 33%
This will not make America healthy. It will make Americans sicker and more vulnerable to disease outbreaks.
- the NIH budget by 40%
- the CDC budget by 44%
- the HHS budget by 33%
This will not make America healthy. It will make Americans sicker and more vulnerable to disease outbreaks.
April 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
A preliminary budget draft leaked to the Washington Post outlines plans by the Trump administration to cut:
- the NIH budget by 40%
- the CDC budget by 44%
- the HHS budget by 33%
This will not make America healthy. It will make Americans sicker and more vulnerable to disease outbreaks.
- the NIH budget by 40%
- the CDC budget by 44%
- the HHS budget by 33%
This will not make America healthy. It will make Americans sicker and more vulnerable to disease outbreaks.
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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I've created a shareable document with a list of the HHS offices gutted today that I'll be updating as often as possible. Have something to add? Message marisakabas.04 on Signal or email MKwrites4000@proton.me
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
April 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I've created a shareable document with a list of the HHS offices gutted today that I'll be updating as often as possible. Have something to add? Message marisakabas.04 on Signal or email MKwrites4000@proton.me
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... House Republicans are eyeing major Medicaid cuts, threatening coverage for millions. Slashing federal support won’t just hurt the most vulnerable—it’ll shift costs to states and hospitals, creating chaos in the system. #Medicaid #HealthPolicy
Medicaid on the Chopping Block | NEJM
House Republicans are considering proposals that would deeply cut federal Medicaid
funding, make it harder for states to finance their contributions to the cost of Medicaid,
and impose procedural b...
www.nejm.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... House Republicans are eyeing major Medicaid cuts, threatening coverage for millions. Slashing federal support won’t just hurt the most vulnerable—it’ll shift costs to states and hospitals, creating chaos in the system. #Medicaid #HealthPolicy
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If you are keen to learn #Rstats and other coding techniques, here are some workshops and resources offered by a group of European academics in exchange for donations to #Ukraine.
See below for workshop contents and how to #DonateToUkraine
sites.google.com/view/dariia-...
See below for workshop contents and how to #DonateToUkraine
sites.google.com/view/dariia-...
Dariia Mykhailyshyna - Workshops for Ukraine
Feedback on the past workshops (if you want to learn how to make wordclouds, check out Text Data Analysis workshop below)
sites.google.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you are keen to learn #Rstats and other coding techniques, here are some workshops and resources offered by a group of European academics in exchange for donations to #Ukraine.
See below for workshop contents and how to #DonateToUkraine
sites.google.com/view/dariia-...
See below for workshop contents and how to #DonateToUkraine
sites.google.com/view/dariia-...
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Seattle showed UP! 💥 500 energized workers & students, @WAaflcio, and @RepJayapal rallied with unions from campuses & across the city to say: Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs!
We won’t let billionaires gut higher ed & medical research to fund their tax cuts.
#LaborForHigherEd
We won’t let billionaires gut higher ed & medical research to fund their tax cuts.
#LaborForHigherEd
February 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Seattle showed UP! 💥 500 energized workers & students, @WAaflcio, and @RepJayapal rallied with unions from campuses & across the city to say: Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs!
We won’t let billionaires gut higher ed & medical research to fund their tax cuts.
#LaborForHigherEd
We won’t let billionaires gut higher ed & medical research to fund their tax cuts.
#LaborForHigherEd
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Reposted by Larissa Lewis, MPH, RN, CIC
State AGs are looking for federal workers who have just been illegally fired to stand as litigants in a new lawsuit trying to freeze further action by DOGE.
DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.
DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.
February 17, 2025 at 3:54 AM
State AGs are looking for federal workers who have just been illegally fired to stand as litigants in a new lawsuit trying to freeze further action by DOGE.
DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.
DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.
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not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl.
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
February 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl.
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
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OK, time to bust another @USAID myth.
Stephen Miller said on Fox today that USAID is a rogue slush fund. Trump & Elon have made the same accusation.
FALSE. They're either ignorant of how USAID spends money, or willfully lying about it. Or...
Anyway, caffeinate and read on.
🧵
Stephen Miller said on Fox today that USAID is a rogue slush fund. Trump & Elon have made the same accusation.
FALSE. They're either ignorant of how USAID spends money, or willfully lying about it. Or...
Anyway, caffeinate and read on.
🧵
a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .
ALT: a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
OK, time to bust another @USAID myth.
Stephen Miller said on Fox today that USAID is a rogue slush fund. Trump & Elon have made the same accusation.
FALSE. They're either ignorant of how USAID spends money, or willfully lying about it. Or...
Anyway, caffeinate and read on.
🧵
Stephen Miller said on Fox today that USAID is a rogue slush fund. Trump & Elon have made the same accusation.
FALSE. They're either ignorant of how USAID spends money, or willfully lying about it. Or...
Anyway, caffeinate and read on.
🧵